Bathing-cap



G. K. GUINZBURG.

BATHING CAP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1920.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

W Z w Z 1/ Z Off zulfzz GEORGE K. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO I. B. KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BATHNG-CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec., 23, i920.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,816.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, GEORGE K. GUINZ- nUnc, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bathing-Caps, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to bathing caps and has for its object to producean article of this character which can be economically manufactured;which will fit the wearer properly and which willbe of such constructionand so reinforced that tearing or ripping of the same is renderedunlikely.

A further object of this invention is to provide a means vof reinforcinga bathing cap, particularly caps made of sheet rubbei', to greatlystrengthen the same at the head opening Where ripping or tearing islikely to occur.

lWith these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, inview, l have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter setforth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is 'to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming parthereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a batir ing cap madein accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the edge of the head openingshowing the manner in which the same is reinforced.

Throughout the various views of the drawings similar referencecharacters designate similar parts. v

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as described in theaccompanying drawing, l indicates the body of the cap. This ispreferably made of sheet rubber, although it will be understood that itmay be made of any material suitable for the purpose.

The body l is usually formed from a circular blank shirred or gatheredabout its edge as at 2 to form the blank into a baglike construction.

The edge of the head-opening thus produced is reinforced by means of anexpansible binding strip 3 which is secured in place by means of theline of stitching 4a which is the stitching producing the shirring 2.

The binding strip 4 is preferably of rubber or elastic material and asthe shirred portions 2 of the cap are expanded to place the cap on thehead it will be obvious that the binding' which incloses the shirringand provides a continuous pocket therefor, expands or stretchesco-extensively therewith, at all times providing an unshirred smooth,even contacting surface surrounding the head opening.

The elasticity or resiliency of the binding strips 4 causes it to assumea tubular formation which not only provides a resilient and soft orpneumatic contacting surface but greatly reinforces the edge of the headopening which is the point where a rip or tear more often occurs in abathingcap. It will also be observed that the bindingstrip 4 acts as areinforcement for the shirring stitches 4a and prevents them fromcutting into and consequently tearing the body of the cap.

Having described my invention it is obvious that the same is not to berestricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to coverall structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What l claim is l. An article of the class described comprising a caphaving a gathered or shirred edge, a line of stitching extending aboutsaid cap to produce said gathered or shirred edge and an unshirredexpansible binding secured over said shirred edge and forming a tubularcovering therefor, with the line of stitching securing said binding inposi-l tion.

2. An article of the class described comprising a cap having a gatheredo-r shirred edge, an unshirred expansible binding secured over saidshirredledge and forming a tubular covering therefor, and securingstitches extending through Said binding and through the body of the capfor securing said binding in position and producing the shirred edge ofthe cap.

3. AnA article of the class described comprising a cap having a gatheredor shirred edge and a continuous unshirred expansible binding securedover the shirred edge of said cap and expansible therewith,

4. An article of the class described comedge to gather or Shir the sameinto bagprsing a cap having a gathered or shirred like formation, andsecuring an unshrred 10 edge, an unshirred expansible binding sestrip ofexpansble material over said shircured over and' nclosing said edge andring to provide a tubular edge covering for 5 forming a substantiallytubular covering said blank.

therefor. Signed at the city, county and State of 5. The process ofmaking a bathing cap New York, this 2nd da of July, 1920.

comprising stitching a blank adjacent its f GEORGE C. GUINZBURG.

